#half-foots

Dungeon Meshi - Half-foots

Isn’t it odd how Chil calls Meijack and Flertom by their first names, but he calls Puckpatti by her "middle name", Patti instead of Puck? Mei, Fler and Patti are feminine names while Jack, Tom and Puck are masculine, so maybe the gender associated with the names do matter after all? 🤔 Or maybe she’s just dad’s special princess and he calls her by her middle name as a nickname thing

But wait. What if it’s actually customary for each parent to pick one half of their kid’s name? So then maybe Chil is stubborn because Patti was his pick and not Puck lmaoooo

I will not be accepting criticism at this time.

One book down in my to-read pile... 7 to go lol

But! Something is bothering me about Half-foot naming conventions

The book says their names are like

FirstLast Father(s/z)

Ex. ChilChuck Tims

But Chilchuck's daughters are

Meijack Chils

Flertom Chils

Puckpatti Chils

(Or Chilz, couldn't find a definitive answer on how they write the father's name part)

So they all have different 'Last' names. Jack, Tom, Patti. All sisters with different 'last' names

So is it more like... a middle name? A second name? Then why does the book call it a 'last' name... especially when the father's name comes after??